Footnotes (Errata) for the site will get listed both on this page and also with a pop-up for each track that has a footnote. Tracks with footnotes are indicated by the “notes” button on those tracks. Click on the “notes” button for the pop-up.
Notes for 1xx0xx:
1. The Yonkers crossbar 5 had two outgoing long distance gateways: White Plains 4 “91411” over T-Carrier for the commonly called places like Virginia, and White Plains 2 “9141” over N1 carrier for the less often called places like British Columbia.
2. The Mamaroneck call to Warwick failed because White Plains 1 SENT the “039” to Warwick instead of skipping it. This translation error wasn’t discovered and fixed because operators didn’t use White Plains 1 “9144” for 914 inward operator calls.
3. I should have referred to the telco in Dale City as “Ma Continental,” not “Ma Bell.”
4. While many stops on my independent phone trips DO have AE’s SATT, (e.g. Vanceboro & Williamston NC) Dale City has some OTHER system, possibly from Stromberg-Carlson.
5. In the early 70s the Pittsburgh 4A switch with the international gateway had recording ID “4127.” It later became the regional center “4121,” displacing the older 4A which became a sectional center “4122.”
For 311 and other spontaneous conferences:
There ARE some people on the Boston time conference who are NOT getting cut off. In the final segment you hear, “You on here permanently?” “Yes.” How’d ya do that?” “Can’t tell ya.” Also notice how everyone sounds tinny. Does that tinniness sound familiar? I didn’t think of this at the time, but this is probably because there’s a large business whose changed number is being handled by the same Audichron system that created the WQXI conference in Atlanta: A recording plays once and then goes to the same silent place as when the time hangs up. But because it never goes off-hook, people who call the changed business number don’t ever get cut off